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| Irish immigrants moved to America after Potato Fammine. and Germans moved looking for oppurtunity.. jobs..money..lifestyle. | ||
| A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism | ||
| New immigrants in the U.S. began to pose a threat to the "natives" because of their unknown languages and cultures. Some feared that the foreigners would outnumber them and eventually overrun the country. This hostility rekindled the spirit of European religious wars, resulting in clashes between the Protestants and Catholics. Some nativities formed this party in New York called the "Order of the Star Spangled Banner". The members refused to indentify themselves and would say they know nothing. They were an anti-Catholic group, until it subsided and slavery became the focal issue. Immigrants were helping to form the U.S. into one of the most ethnically and racially diverse societies in the history of the world. | ||
| United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825) | ||
| Dormitories for young women where they were cared for, fed, and sheltered in return for cheap labor, mill towns, homes for workers to live in around the mills | ||
| Idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands | ||
| Was organized in 1870 to fight Chinese immigration | ||
| Improvements in technology allowed farming of harsher landscapes | ||
| First national road building project funded by Congress. It made travel and transportation of goods much easier because it was one continuous road that was in good condition. | ||
| Fulton's steamboat in 1807 which powered on/by a newly designed engine. It took the Clermont 32 hours to go 150 miles from New York to Albany. | ||
| A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825. The canal, considered a marvel of the modern world at the time, allowed western farmers to ship surplus crops to sell in the North and allowed northern manufacturers to ship finished goods to sell in the West. | ||
| The ability of individuals to move from one social standing to another. Social standing is based on degrees of wealth, prestige, education and power. |
